Table 4.
Effect of ripening and landrace on the volatile profile of peppers.
Ripening Level | SEM | p Value | Landrace | SEM | p Value | ||||
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Green | Red | “Cuerno” | “Sueca” | “Valencia” | |||||
acids | |||||||||
hexanoic acid | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.09 | ns | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.11 | ns |
2-ethylhexanoic acid | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.10 | ns | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.37 | 0.12 | ns |
n-dodecanoic acid | 1.33 | 0.59 | 0.18 | ** | 1.34 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.22 | ns |
octanoic acid | 1.17 | 0.54 | 0.12 | *** | 0.97 | 0.66 | 0.95 | 0.14 | ns |
nonanoic acid | 3.17 | 1.69 | 0.37 | ** | 2.99 | 1.58 | 2.71 | 0.45 | ns |
decanoic acid | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.07 | ns | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.09 | ns |
alcohols | |||||||||
ethanol | 2.43 | 0.31 | 0.32 | *** | 2.64A | 1.03B | 0.43B | 0.39 | ** |
2-octen-1-ol (E) | 6.10 | 0.41 | 0.48 | *** | 3.02 | 3.38 | 3.37 | 0.59 | ns |
cis -3 nonel -1- ol | 7.42 | 0.08 | 1.44 | *** | 3.73 | 6.09 | 1.43 | 1.76 | ns |
aldehydes | |||||||||
acetic aldheyde | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.05 | *** | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.06 | ns |
pentanal | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.04 | * | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.05 | ns |
hexanal | 2.39 | 0.79 | 0.22 | *** | 1.37 | 1.78 | 1.61 | 0.27 | ns |
(Z)-4-heptenal | 2.20 | 0.28 | 0.17 | *** | 1.06 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 0.21 | ns |
nonanal | 2.15 | 0.59 | 0.19 | *** | 1.76 | 1.15 | 1.19 | 0.24 | ns |
nonenal | 24.30 | 0.72 | 4.41 | *** | 18.05a | 17.47a | 2.01b | 5.40 | * |
nonadien 2-(trans)-6-(CIS)-al | 7.84 | 2.09 | 1.27 | ** | 6.41 | 5.14 | 3.34 | 1.56 | ns |
(2E,4E)-2,4-decadienal | 1.49 | 0.07 | 0.12 | *** | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.15 | ns |
alkanes | |||||||||
2-2, dimethyldecane | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.11 | *** | 0.41 | 0.70 | 0.53 | 0.13 | ns |
n-dodecane | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.14 | ns | 0.28 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.17 | ns |
3-methyltridecane | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.06 | ns | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.07 | ns |
1-cyclopropylpentane | 1.18 | 0.27 | 0.11 | *** | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.13 | ns |
ketones | |||||||||
1-penten-3-one | 1.23 | 0.59 | 0.16 | ** | 0.89 | 1.14 | 0.71 | 0.20 | ns |
4-methyl 2-pentanone | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | ns |
2-heptanone | 0.70 | 0.37 | 0.10 | * | 0.31b | 0.50b | 0.80a | 0.12 | * |
cis-tagetone | 3.23 | 0.23 | 2.00 | ns | 5.15 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 2.78 | ns |
5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dithian-2-one | 6.70 | 2.21 | 0.68 | ** | 1.52b | 5.66a | 6.20a | 0.83 | *** |
terpenes | |||||||||
2-propenyldiene-1-cyclobutene | 0.04 | 0.79 | 0.11 | *** | 0.07B | 0.45B | 0.73A | 0.14 | ** |
3-carene | 75.05 | 0.13 | 12.61 | *** | 26.45 | 39.96 | 46.35 | 15.45 | ns |
beta-trans-ocimene | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ns | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ns |
7-methyl-1-octene | 0.60 | 0.09 | 0.07 | *** | 0.44 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.09 | ns |
Allo-ocimene | 1.66 | 0.03 | 0.28 | *** | 0.55 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.34 | ns |
copaene | 11.95 | 2.69 | 2.10 | * | 7.93 | 10.18 | 3.86 | 2.57 | ns |
cyclosativene | 1.46 | 0.48 | 0.25 | * | 1.12 | 1.22 | 0.57 | 0.31 | ns |
β-linalool | 5.70 | 1.50 | 0.62 | *** | 1.44b | 3.79a | 5.55a | 0.76 | ** |
α-santalene | 0.62 | 0.05 | 0.11 | *** | 0.57a | 0.35a | 0.09b | 0.13 | * |
α-Bergamotene | 9.53 | 0.57 | 1.69 | *** | 7.74 | 5.08 | 2.34 | 2.06 | ns |
β-farnesene | 2.28 | 0.39 | 0.34 | *** | 1.99 | 1.16 | 0.86 | 0.42 | ns |
esters | |||||||||
0.34 | 0.16 | 0.07 | ns | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.09 | ns | |
n-octyl formate | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | ns | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ns |
methyl salicylate | 24.80 | 4.83 | 4.28 | ** | 12.50 | 21.41 | 10.54 | 5.24 | ns |
ethyl salicylate | 1.69 | 0.09 | 0.33 | ** | 1.72a | 0.93a | 0.02b | 0.41 | * |
ethyl hexadecanoate | 0.50 | 0.07 | 0.11 | ** | 0.49 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.13 | ns |
aromatic hydrocarbons | |||||||||
o-xylene | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ns |
mesithylene | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 | ns | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.04 | ns |
2,4,6-trimethylanisole | 1.92 | 0.09 | 0.28 | *** | 0.80 | 1.48 | 0.74 | 0.34 | ns |
furans | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.04 | ** | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.04 | ns |
furan,2,3-dihydro-4-methyl | 0.70 | 0.37 | 0.10 | * | 0.31b | 0.50b | 0.80a | 0.12 | * |
2-pentylfuran | 3.19 | 0.32 | 0.39 | *** | 1.24 | 2.02 | 2.00 | 0.48 | ns |
miscellaneous component | |||||||||
nitrogen oxide | 1.00 | 0.34 | 0.14 | ** | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.81 | 0.17 | ns |
N-methylpyrrole | 0.40 | 0.32 | 0.07 | ns | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.09 | ns |
2-Isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine | 37.11 | 3.07 | 3.15 | *** | 18.84 | 23.01 | 18.42 | 3.86 | ns |
carbon disulfide | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.12 | ns | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.35 | 0.12 | ns |
a,b Means with different letters within the same row are statistically different (p < 0.05). A,B Means with different letters within the same row are statistically different (p < 0.01). SEM = Standard error. ns: p > 0.05; *: p ≤ 0.05; p ≤ 0.05; **: p ≤ 0.01; ***: p ≤ 0.001.